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Taherbera Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Taherbera is a medium size village located in Jhalda - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 148 families residing. The Taherbera village has population of 729 of which 370 are males while 359 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Taherbera village population of children with age 0-6 is 109 which makes up 14.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Taherbera village is 970 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Taherbera as per census is 879, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Taherbera village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Taherbera village was 54.35 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Taherbera Male literacy stands at 73.08 % while female literacy rate was 35.39 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Taherbera village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Taherbera village.

Taherbera Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 148 - -
Population 729 370 359
Child (0-6) 109 58 51
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 369 177 192
Literacy 54.35 % 73.08 % 35.39 %
Total Workers 234 205 29
Main Worker 26 - -
Marginal Worker 208 182 26

Caste Factor

In Taherbera village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 50.62 % of total population in Taherbera village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Taherbera village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Taherbera village out of total population, 234 were engaged in work activities. 11.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 234 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.